AMES, Iowa -- It’s hard to beat fresh sweet corn in the summer. Or is it? Two Iowa State University faculty are part of a major federal research project aimed at boosting sweet corn quality, using the ...

Forms of sweet corn are in trouble according to a new University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analysis, which shows that production for frozen and canned products has been steadily shrinking in the ...

FCIC amends the Common Crop Insurance Regulations by revising 7 CFR 457.101 Small Grains Crop Insurance Provisions, 7 CFR 457.139 Fresh Market Tomato (Dollar Plan) Crop Insurance Provisions, 7 CFR 457 ...

A new analysis has identified the top factors accounting for yield variability in processing sweet corn (used for canned and frozen products), including one within the control of processors. A new ...

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. - Corn hybrids with improved tolerance to crowding stress, grown at higher plant populations than their ...

Deep in the pocket of southeast Arkansas, generosity is infectious. At Miles Farms, bitter has blossomed sweet. Linked from father to son to brother to grandson, a chain of thanksgiving has grown ...

A delicious, delicate morning light had just started to illuminate a cornfield as vans pulled up alongside it. Dozens of seasonal workers got out in sun hats and baseball caps, cell phones and water ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he explores the fascinating world of growing Rainbow Gem Aztec Flint corn, an ancient ...

After a busy summer season, sweet corn harvest is beginning to slow down across Delaware. The popular crop’s harvest typically starts at the end of June and runs through early October. Sweet corn is ...

JILIN, Northeast China — For almost 40 years, Qi Shucheng has been growing corn. Like most of his neighbors in a village outside Gongzhuling City, the 66-year-old farmer has always planted field corn, ...